This mix of Islamic art, vintage vehicles, weaponry, architecture, and history is an ode to eclecticism. 

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

The inky volcanic sand leads to reefs teeming with aquatic life waiting to be discovered by snorkelers and divers.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

Bomb tests and sheep ranchers share the world's largest military land base.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.

The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

A stone plaque and a winking pub name are all that remain to remember the victims of deadly 1836 avalanche.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

The longest fence in the world stretches over 3,000 miles to keep the dingoes out.

An incredible garden taking over the interior of a massive sinkhole.

Australia's only intact colonial warship never saw action before being turned into a scenic wreck.